atNorth has announced the expansion of its ICE02 and ICE03 data centres in Iceland.

The ICE02 campus near Keflavík will get an additional capacity of 35 MW and the ICE03 site in Akureyri will expand with 16 MW of capacity.

The initial phase of ICE02’s expansion became operational in quarter three of 2024 and all further phases for both sites are expected to be completed in the first half of 2025.

atNorth has said it has entered into a partnership with AgTech startup Hringvarmi to recycle excess heat for use in food production. ICE03 will utilise Hringvarmi’s Generation 1 prototype module to use waste heat to grow microgreens in collaboration with the food producer Rækta Microfarm.

“We are delighted to be part of atNorth’s innovative data centre ecosystem,” said Justine Vanhalst, Co-Founder of Hringvarmi.

“Our partnership aims to boost Iceland’s agriculture industry to lessen the need for imported produce and contribute to Iceland’s circular economy.”

“We are experiencing a considerable increase in interest in our highly energy efficient, sustainable data centres,” said Eyjólfur Magnús Kristinsson, CEO at atNorth.

“We have power agreements and building permits in place and will meet this demand as part of our ongoing sustainable expansion strategy.”

atNorth operates seven data centres across four Nordic countries and currently has four new data centre sites in development; two in Finland, FIN02 located in Helsinki and FIN04  in Kouvola, and two in Denmark, DEN01 in the Ballerup region and DEN02 located in Ølgod in Varde.